Re:Is WebAssembly the Return of Java Applets and Flash?
by sangnoir on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:59PM
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Not sure what you mean by 'proper' - but flash video was a step-up from the previous era where websites gave you a choice of either RealVideo or Windows Media formats - the more quirky sites had Quicktime, and you had to have plugins for each [I'm dating myself here].
By virtue of being installed on 98% of all computers, Flash video was a de facto standard video target. One that could be played on Linux without getting into legal grey areas too!
Without Flash looming over them, IE would never have supported cross-platform video - this would have been Microsoft undermining the WMP format.
By virtue of being installed on 98% of all computers, Flash video was a de facto standard video target. One that could be played on Linux without getting into legal grey areas too!
Without Flash looming over them, IE would never have supported cross-platform video - this would have been Microsoft undermining the WMP format.